'He sexually assaulted me despite promising my dying stepdad he would take care of us'

I WAS sexually assaulted when I was in high school. I don't have a lot of memory of all the details, as it’s a part of my life I chose to block out.

- OWN CORRESPONDENT

What I do remember is that he was the father of my childhood friends I grew up with - a man who told my dying stepfather, who was the father figure in my life, that he would take care of us.

My mom was a single parent after he died, so we had limited things we could afford. I attended school in Athlone, which meant I had to walk from Heideveld to Athlone.